Letterbox Animation - Marillion Video Contest Entry - Your Support Please

[LeighK]

Good morning folks,

sorry I didn't post yesterday but I was pretty much all in. As Mary said, I didn't get any sleep on Wednesday night because of my tooth and very little sleep un Thursday night owing to a combination of aching after having the tooth out and Suzie being spectacularly sick all over the duvet cover and pillows so I was up in the early hours cleaning up and changing the bedding etc. and then couldn't get back to sleep because of the aching.Thank you ever so much for all your support with the video, we have about 700 views this morning and probably a few more in the pipeline as it takes time to catch up but it looks like an fairly impossible task to overhaul the lead video but who knows it's only been a few days. I guess the real secret is to get it embedded on some really high-profile websites , bloggs etc. where it gets plenty of exposure but, as I said, it's great fun and it got to the 70th most played music video in the UK for a day which was a thrill 

Thanks Chris and Dawn for all your splendid efforts,  brilliant stuff, maybe it'll turn out to be the one that the band like the best and win the other prize, who knows there's still quite a way to run until the 1st December.

Cheers

Leigh

[maryas]

Come on guys, please give the video an extra look to cheer Leigh up.  He's had 1 tooth out and 2 more to go.  He is still in pain from the one he's just had out and to top it all Suzie was sick at 1.00 p.m. this morning after being so good for 4 weeks now.

Hope Frankie and Alfie know how to play nurse with both Leigh and Suzie feeling ill.

Mary

  :hug 2: :get well 2:

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Bringing the original link back up cos the latest one doesnt have the video on any more

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jlejfVkByF4

[Dawn F]

how are you getting on today Leigh?  I've been coming into this post and refreshing hope that counts

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Nice one christine 

Have done a few more clicks 

[Christine (Blip)]

I have done a spot of subtle PR for it this afternoon 

[LeighK]

Thanks so much Dawn,

Now gone up to 85th most watched music vid in uk today, heee hee  great fun 

cheers

Leigh

[Dawn F]

that actually sounds impressive Leigh!  I've been clicking loads and tomorrow should be quiet at work so I'll do my best

[LeighK]

Fame at last 

I've got the 93rd make that 91st most watched music video in the UK today 

http://uk.youtube.com/browse?t=t&p=5&s=mp&c=10&l=&cr=GB

Cheers

Leigh

[LeighK]

Hi folks,

BTW if you have a You Tube account please can you rate the video as highly as you see fit, it might help.

Thanks very much

Leigh

PS. I embedded the youtube video in this posting and set autoplay to on so that it registers a play ever time you load or refresh this post and you can replay it as well, got to get 65,000 plays or more somehow 

[LeighK]

There's also a prize for the one that the band like the best, I love the Purrs cats.

It's a bit of fun and excitement 

Maybe word will spread through other cat forums etc.

cheers

Leigh

PS. You will find me in my lunch breaks walking around  Kingston with a sandwich board on my back handing out leaflets 

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Thats true lol but they not all on Purrs 

I think that a video with a cat rock band must be quite unique 

I love all the Purrs cats in the audience too 

[LeighK]

Yes Gill, a two week headstart but there must be MILLIONS of cat lovers out there 

cheers

Leigh

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Well I see the counter has moved a bit but only a couple of hundred...........gonna takle a lot of clicks to make 70 000 lol....they have a head start on you!

[LeighK]

Cheers Chris,

 

Leigh

[Christine (Blip)]

OK, I've clicked and I'll circulate this as well tomorrow 

[LeighK]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/jlejfVkByF4&amp;autoplay=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/jlejfVkByF4&amp;autoplay=1</a>

Thanks everyone,

I think that if you click on the link and then when the page loads you can hit the F5 key in Iinternet Explorer to refresh your web browser and it will register a view each time.

The video with all those wotes was featured on the Planet Rock website which is why it has so many, I guess that you need as many links to postings and other sites and word of mouth to get as many as possible.

Thank you all most kindly, the counter does catch up in time.

Cheers

Leigh

PS,

I've submitted a posting to the Planet Rock website if it's approved as the two videos featured there are doing very well.

http://www.planetrock.co.uk/Article.asp?id=861052&spid=11484

[maryas]

Yer that's all you have to do Gill, I've been clicking on and off all day 

Finishing work early toady so I suppose I could spend another hour at home clicking again!

Mary

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Love it Leigh and lots of clicks to you.

So we just click on the link and thats it?

Come Purrs peeps lets give Leigh and Letterbox all our backing 

[Dawn F]

well I must have clicked about 50 times on my own - I hope the counter catches up!

[maryas]

I'm getting RSI Leigh - gonna have to do some work now!!!

I'll email my cousins in Newcastle tonight - big family lots of 2nd cousins and friends etc.

I'll email my friends in Italy too.

Mary 

[LeighK]

Great, thank you,

Yes Dawn, it's the number of views, 67,000, (putting on best French accent) "I laugh at 67,000", just wait until the power of the cat-loving fraternity comes into play 

It's a bit of fun, something to brighten one's day and puts a bit of excitement into life.

I'll have words with my pudds tonight and sh0ow them how to click on the link whilst I'm out at work all day

Cheers

Leigh

[sixfurballs]

That's brilliant. I've posted it on another forum I belong to and we have members all over the world so hopefully that will help.

[Tiggy's Mum]

I've viewed it, haven't looked at any of the others as the prize goes on the most views so don't want to give them an extra view.  The top one has got 67,000 views though - how did they get so many?    Will keep clicking, even without watching the others I bet it's the best 

[Dawn F]

so its it the number of views we are looking at??

[LeighK]

Thank you all most kindly, it's a longshot but IF and it's a huge IF at that, I was to win I would use the prize money for a deposit on a mortgage and get out of rented accommodation at last.


  Mark 

No Dawn, you don't need and account, every time you click on the link it notches up one count and the counter takes a while to catch up wth itself.

Huge thanks for your support.

Cheers

Leigh

[Mark]

I see some sour grapes in comments for other videos - such as "you don't stand a chance without cats in it" 

[soudicca]

I think thats brilliant.  Love the song as well.  Now on favourites,  good luck

[Dawn F]

do you need an account for youtube Leigh??

[LeighK]

Hi folks,

I adapted my Letterbox animation a little and entered it in the Marillion Video Contest.

There's a pretty hefty top prize and the competition ends on the 1st of December when the winner will be the video with the most views so to support my entry please view the video on the You Tube link below as often as you can and pass the word on to friends and family, every view counts. There is a also a nice cash prize for the video that the band likes the best.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jlejfVkByF4



Many thanks

Leigh